Clockwise from top left: Paula Regan, John Fleming, Gerald Garcia and Ken Hurst.
Paramedic Measure Wins In Pine Mountain, School Board Sees Close Race
Kern County bucked the trend in California and gave Senator John McCain 58 percent of its votes, with 39.6 percent for now-president-elect Senator Barack Obama. Statewide, that was flipped, with Obama taking 61 percent and McCain 36.8. Voter turnout was at 63 percent in Kern County.
Proposition 8 passed locally at 75 percent, to retain the traditional definition of marriage. Statewide, the spread was 52 to 48 percent. Parental notification before terminating a minor’s pregnancy lost statewide (47 to 52 percent) but won 65 to 34.7 percent in Kern County.
The battle for quicker emergency medical response in Pine Mountain carried Measure K to a 75 to 25 percent victory (two-thirds was needed to win). It will be the first firefighterparamedic program in Kern County and was fought fiercely by the county’s private ambulance companies, although it does not threaten their contracts with the county.
The three newly-elected trustees for El Tejon Unified School District (ETUSD) are incumbent Paula Regan, newcomer John Fleming and incumbent Ken Hurst. Jennie Jenkins came in a close fourth.
Incumbent Gerald Garcia retained his Frazier Park Public Utilities District (FPPUD) seat.
ETUSD School Board (3) Votes Percentage
Paula J. Regan 1,033 17.07%
Ana M. Soares 537 8.87%
Gary M. Sokolowski 574 9.48%
Jennie Jenkins 755 12.48%
Kenneth Hurst 783 12.94%
John W. Fleming 820 13.55%
Peter Kjenaas 389 6.43%
Bradford Oliver 557 9.2%
Terry Brennan 604 9.98%
FPPUD Director (1)
Gerald Garcia 477 59.92%
Joy Oldright 312 39.20%
Judge of the Superior Court (1)
Charles “Chip” Brehmer 88,812 50.85%
Holly N. Mitchell 85,041 48.69%
Measure K—Firefighter-Paramedic/Parcel Tax
Yes 715 75.42%
No 233 24.58%
Proposition 1A—Passenger Train Bond Act
Yes 4,959,358 52.3%
No 4,535,334 47.7%
Proposition 2—Standards for Confining Farm Animals
Yes 6,113,393 63.3%
No 3,555,798 36.7%
Proposition 3—Children’s Hospital Bond Act
Yes 5,176,800 54.8%
No 4,277,341 45.2%
Proposition 4—Waiting Period/Parental Notification
Yes 4,617,395 47.7%
No 5,056,551 52.3%
Proposition 5—Non-violent Drug Offenses
Yes 3,823,631 40.1%
No 5,689,619 59.9%
Proposition 6—Law Enforcement Funding
Yes 2,839,236 30.6%
No 6,433,739 69.4%
Proposition 7—Renewable Energy
Yes 3,328,190 35.1%
No 6,153,681 64.9%
Proposition 8—Ban on Gay Marriage
Yes 5,220,694 52.2%
No 4,792,873 47.8%
Proposition 9—Victim’s Rights
Yes 4,953,343 53.3%
No 4,343,613 46.7%
Proposition 10—Alternative Fuel Vehicles
Yes 3,783,465 40.2%
No 5,625,858 59.8%
Proposition 11—Redistricting
Yes 4,546,307 50.6%
No 4,453,419 49.4%
Proposition 12—Veteran’s Bond Act of 2008
Yes 5,842,902 63.5%
No 3,370,304 36.5%
This is part of the November 07, 2008 online edition of The Mountain Enterprise.
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